Question

Which of these statements about Local Self Government in India is not true?

• A. Local Self Government empowers people to govern themselves.
• B. The self governing bodies suffer from under-allocation of resources.
• C. One of the objectives for establishing self governing bodies was to directly collect taxes from rural areas for the Central Government.
• D. Local Self Government reduces the administrative burden of the state.

Answer 1

The correct option is C One of the objectives for establishing self governing bodies was to directly collect taxes from rural areas for the Central Government.

Local governing bodies like the Gram Panchayat collect different taxes like house tax, fair tax, taxes on fishing rights, etc. However, these taxes are used to carry out the developmental work of the village itself. Direct tax collection for the state was not a primary objective of Local Self Government in India.